KDS Logistics kicks off formal operation in Ctg
Sunday, 22 March 2009
M Azizur Rahman back from Chittagong
KDS Logistics Ltd, country's largest private inland container depot (ICD), kicked off formal operation Saturday aiming to consolidate its leading position in providing complete off-dock services to facilitate international trade.
Shipping Minister Afsarul Amin inaugurated its formal operation on the ICD premises as the chief guest with KDS Group Chairman Khalilur Rahman in the chair.
A sister concern of KDS Group, the KDS Logistics is a dedicated purpose-built ICD located at Sonaichhari of Sitakunda, some 25 kilometres off the Chittagong port.
It has 2.0 million square feet (sft) dedicated to yard and is well equipped to handle 35,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of empty and laden containers.
The ICD has 200,000 sft container freight station (CFS) facility with 42 bays and fully covered loading and unloading platform where 160 trucks and 63 containers can be un-stuffed and stuffed simultaneously.
Besides, the facility has a separate shed of 40,000 sft to facilitate cargo like jute and raw cotton and 20,000 sft for other import and exportable items.
It has 120-reefer plug points to help frozen food customers.
For customers' convenience the KDS Logistics has a separate truck parking lot, rest areas, on-site customs and banking, complementary customer drop and pick-up and dedicated office space.
While inaugurating KDS Logistics' formal operation, the shipping minister lauded the KDS initiative and assured them of extending all necessary support to boost its operations.
He also urged other private sector organisations to come up and install more investment-oriented projects to generate employment facilities across the country.
Dr Amin and other guests, however, witnessed a demonstration by the workers of the country's ship breaking industries on two sides of the Chittagong highway leading to the KDS's ICD to protest against what they said a conspiracy to destroy the industry.
Carrying banners and festoons against some local non-government organisations (NGOs) the workers sought Prime Minister's intervention to safeguard the country's prospective ship-breaking industry that involved billion-dollar investment.
KDS Logistics Ltd, country's largest private inland container depot (ICD), kicked off formal operation Saturday aiming to consolidate its leading position in providing complete off-dock services to facilitate international trade.
Shipping Minister Afsarul Amin inaugurated its formal operation on the ICD premises as the chief guest with KDS Group Chairman Khalilur Rahman in the chair.
A sister concern of KDS Group, the KDS Logistics is a dedicated purpose-built ICD located at Sonaichhari of Sitakunda, some 25 kilometres off the Chittagong port.
It has 2.0 million square feet (sft) dedicated to yard and is well equipped to handle 35,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of empty and laden containers.
The ICD has 200,000 sft container freight station (CFS) facility with 42 bays and fully covered loading and unloading platform where 160 trucks and 63 containers can be un-stuffed and stuffed simultaneously.
Besides, the facility has a separate shed of 40,000 sft to facilitate cargo like jute and raw cotton and 20,000 sft for other import and exportable items.
It has 120-reefer plug points to help frozen food customers.
For customers' convenience the KDS Logistics has a separate truck parking lot, rest areas, on-site customs and banking, complementary customer drop and pick-up and dedicated office space.
While inaugurating KDS Logistics' formal operation, the shipping minister lauded the KDS initiative and assured them of extending all necessary support to boost its operations.
He also urged other private sector organisations to come up and install more investment-oriented projects to generate employment facilities across the country.
Dr Amin and other guests, however, witnessed a demonstration by the workers of the country's ship breaking industries on two sides of the Chittagong highway leading to the KDS's ICD to protest against what they said a conspiracy to destroy the industry.
Carrying banners and festoons against some local non-government organisations (NGOs) the workers sought Prime Minister's intervention to safeguard the country's prospective ship-breaking industry that involved billion-dollar investment.